The Justice Department has launched a federal civil rights investigation into the Portland Police Department, examining whether the department engaged in viewpoint-based discrimination after the arrest of conservative journalist Nick Sortor.
Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s assistant attorney general for civil rights, announced on Oct. 3 that she had sent a formal letter to Portland police about the investigation.
“We write regarding Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) response to incidents surrounding the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland and, specifically, the City of Portland’s use of its policing powers in a manner that may be based on viewpoint discrimination,” Dhillon wrote in the letter, addressed to City Attorney Robert Taylor and Police Chief Bob Day….
DOJ Probes Portland Police for Possible ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’ in Policing
